Hose-supporter clasp.



F. A. RUSS I H. J. STUART.

H OSE SUPPORTER CLASP. APPLICATION FILED IuIIE I5, I9I5.

Patented June 5, 1917.

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e it known that we, FRIEND A. Russ, a resident of the town of Greenwich, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, and HENRY J. STUART, a resident of the city of Derby, in the county of New Haven, in the same State, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Hose-Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to hose supporter clasps of the loop and button type, but more particularly to those in' which the base of the button is covered with fabric material, and its principal object is to provide a device of this character in which the base is of such a contour that when displaced it will not project beyond the sides of the fabric material.

rlhis and other objects of the invention are attained in the device set forth in the following description and accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to corresponding parts.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front view of the clasp attached to the lower extremity of a hose su`pporter; y

Fig. 2, a central longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fig. 8, detail views of the rubber collet forming the head anc shank of the button;

Fig. 4, a top plan view of the button base and stud;

Fig. 5, a front view of a fragmentary portion of the lower end of the supporting tape;

Fig. 6, a side View of the base and stud of the tape `after it has been slipped over the stud, and

Fig. 7, a side view of the button after the parts have been assembled but before the tape has been folded around the base.

he clasp, which is shown ydepending from a fold in the extremity of the supporting strap A, consists of an attaching link B, a button loop C, `and a button tab or tape D which carries a button E at its lower extremity. The button loop C, which is connected to the lower side of the link B by a lip F projecting from the upper side thereof, is provided with a bridge G and has the sides of its lower extremity contracted to engage the shank of the button E. With the exception of the button E the de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 5, i917..

15, 1915. Serial No. 34,275.

vice thus far described is one of the coniw mon forms of loop and button clasps well known in the art. The button E consists of a circular, or substantially circular, metal base 2. Projecting outwardly and riveted to the base 2 is a wire stud 3. The stud 3 is headed to forni a convex cap et, which is preferably provided with a peripheral biting edge 5. The elastic rubber collet 6 is shaped togform a head 7 and a shank 8'. f The collet G is provided with a central aperture 9 having an inside cylindrical wall l() flared outwardly at its upper extremity'. The diameter of the wall l0 is less than that of the head et and preferably less than that of the stud. The extremity of the tape D is punched, before it is applied to the button, to form an aperture 11.

One way of assembling the button is to first rivet the stud 3 to the base 2. Then the apertured extremity of the tape D is slipped over the head d The elastic rubber sprung over the stud, which passes through the aperture 9, iilling thespace between the front face of thefabric covered base. In this manner the button is assembled and the collet is permanently secured to the stud and coacts with the base 2 to prevent the apertured extremity of the tape from displacement. The tape is then carried around in back of the base 2 and upwardly through the link B, then downwardly and rearwardly through the loop passing over the top of bridge G. The loverlapping ends l2 and la of the tape are then sewed together bystitches 15 immediatelyI above the base 2, the end l2 being folded in to form a hem which prevents fraying. The button base, being conned between the layers of the tape which are wider than the ase, is covered thereby obviating any disof the base plate 2 does not quite reach the lower end of the folded fabric but when the button is under stress the base plate is sometimes drawn downwardly to take up this clearance. It should be observed that the use of a base plate having its lower edge curved leaves the corners of the lower edge of the folded tape or fabric soft since the buttom of the fold only contacts with the edge of the base plate at its middle portion, especially when the tape is under stress. t should be further observed that minimum portions of the edge of the base plate are near the side edges of the tape or fabric thereby leaving these edges soft. Although it is intended that the collet, whether made of rubber or other material should hold the fabric fast enough' against the front of the base plate to prevent the latter from revolving relatively to the fabric, yet in practice it is sometimes difficult to effect this result so that unless the base plate is made substantially circular, or of such a contour that its greatest dimension is less than the width of the fabric, its upper and lower eXtremi ties are liable to swing laterally out of alinement with and beyond the sides of the tape or fabric, thus necessitating the closing of the layers of the fabric material along each side of the base plate. ln the above description the collet has been referred to as being made of spring or elastic rubber, yet it should be distinctly understood that a collet made out of any other material may be employed and the device assembled in any other suitable manner than that above described.

While the above described device is the preferred form of our' invention, yet it is understood that the same is susceptible to such modification as may fairly come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now described our invention what we claim and desirelto protect by Letters Patent is:

l. In a button clasp for hose supporters and like articles a button comprising a base on which is mounted a stud, fabric material provided with an aperture through which said stud extends, the said fabric material being folded around said base, the fold being left open along the sides of the base, and an elastic button shank surrounding said stud in front of said fabric material, the edges of thefaperture in the fabric material being confined between said shank and base, and the said base having its greatest dimension less than the width of the folded fabric five cents each, by addressing the material so that when the base is revolved it will not project beyond the side edges of said fabric material.

2. in a button clasp, a button comprising a base on which is mounted a stud, an apertured tapeJ folded around said base, the said stud being passed through the aperture and the fold being left open along the sides of the base, and an elastic collet sprung over the stud in front of said tape, the edges of the aperture in the tape being confined between the collet and base, and the said base having its greatest dimension less than the width of the folded tape so that when the base is revolved it will not project beyond the side edges of the tape.

3. ln a button clasp a button comprising a base on which is mounted a headed stud, the said base having its front side covered with fabric material through which the stud eX- tends and an elastic collet surrounding said stud in front of the fabric material and containing a passage therethrough of less diameter than the head of the stud, the said collet being held againstv the fabric material by the under side of the head of the stud, and the said fabric material being wider than the greatest dimension of the base so that when the latter is revolved it will not project beyond the side edges of the fabric material.

il. In a button clasp a button comprising a base on which is mounted a headed stud, the said base being covered with tape through which the stud sprung over said stud in front of the tape and containing a passage therethrough of less diameter than the head of the stud which latter passes entirely through said collet, the said collet being seated against the under side of the head of the stud and entirely filling the space between said under side and the front of the tape, and the said tape being wider than the greatest dimension of the base so that when the latter is revolved it will not project beyond the side edges of the tape.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this Qtth day of May, A. D. 1915.

FREND A. RUSS. HENRY J. STUART.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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